The
Taiwan International Birding Association was formally registered as
a not-for-profit society on May 21, 2005, at a meeting at the Council of
Agriculture, Taipei,
Taiwan. Officers elected: Yang Chung-tse, Chairman; Lin Maw-nan, Vice
Chairman; Tso Chien-hui, Executive Secretary; Zheng Shu-kai/Kerry Zheng,
Treasurer.

Our
objective is to encourage birding eco-tourism in Taiwan.

TIBA was
first organized asthe International Taiwan Birding
Association in July, 2003, in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
Officers appointed were: Simon Liao, President; Dr. Robert Butler and
Dr. Shing Kuo Shih, Vice Presidents; Jo Ann MacKenzie, Executive
Secretary; Karen Shih, Treasurer. After TIBA came into being in Taiwan,
ITBA continued to operate as a parallel branch in Canada. On March 17,
2007, ITBA merged with TIBA, and remains as the Canadian chapter, under
the name of the Taiwan
International Birding Association (Canada).